Work Force Adjustement (WFA) Resources
Hello!
I created this website to help all the Government of Canada employees affected by WFA. Please share this link with colleagues who might benefit from this.
If you are aware of a resource that is missing from this page, please let me know at claudielarouche@gmail.com.
I will continue updating this web page as I discover new resources.
Workforce Adjustment Tool TSM Estimator
Useful Links
- Workforce adjustment in the core public administration (canada.ca)
- Work Force Adjustment Directive (National Joint Council)
- Managing: Workforce adjustment (canada.ca)
- Understanding Workforce Adjustment (Canada School of Public Service)
- PSAC workforce adjustment main page, FAQ, and guide
- PIPSC Understanding work force adjustment
- CAPE Workforce Adjustment guide for members
- Information on priority entitlements (Canada.ca)
AI Chatbot
An AI Chatbot trained on the WFA directive and union specific collective agreement:
Job Search and Application Websites
Department Specific Job Opportunities
- Canada Revenue Agency (CRA)
- Communications Security Establishment (CSE)
- Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS)
- Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC)
Crown Corporations
- Atomic Energy of Canada Limited (AECL)
- Business Development Bank of Canada (BDC)
- Canada Infrastructure Bank (CIB)
- Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC)
- Canada Post
- CBC/Radio-Canada
- Defence Construction Canada (DCC)
- Export Development Canada (EDC)
- Farm Credit Canada (FCC)
- NAV Canada
- National Capital Commission (NCC)
- VIA Rail
Provincial and Territorial Public Services
- Alberta
- British Columbia
- Manitoba
- New Brunswick
- Newfoundland and Labrador
- Northwest Territories
- Nova Scotia
- Nunavut
- Ontario
- Prince Edward Island
- Quebec
- Saskatchewan
- Yukon
What can you do now?
1) Capture facts from your letter
- Date of the letter
- Your status (for example affected, opting, surplus)
- Whether the letter states a guarantee of a reasonable job offer
- Any explicit deadlines
2) Identify which rules apply to you
- Confirm your union
- Check whether your protections sit in a WFA appendix of your collective agreement or in the NJC Work Force Adjustment Directive
3) Book conversations
- Meeting with your manager to clarify status and expectations during the transition
- Meeting with your HR advisor or departmental WFA coordinator
- Call or email your union representative and ask specifically for WFA support, referring to their WFA guides and FAQ pages
4) Understand your options as an opting or surplus employee From the Work Force Adjustment Directive and union FAQs you will see three classic options for an opting employee, including a twelve month surplus priority period, transition support payment, and combinations that include an education allowance, subject to detailed conditions. You can use the TSM Estimator to calculate your TSM amount.
You are also entitled to up to $1,200 for financial and/or job placement counselling services — keep your receipts.
5) Get clarity on priority entitlement and registration
- Confirm with HR when your priority entitlement will start
- You want written confirmation of which situation you are in and by what date you must choose.
6) Initiate your job search
- Update your résumé
- Update or create your LinkedIn profile
- Update your GC Jobs profile and set up job alerts for keywords that match your skills
- Join GC Alternation unofficial Facebook Group
- Check the TBS Alternation platform (Must be on the Government of Canada network to open this link)
- Check if your union has their own platform
You can use my WFA Tracking Tool to help you track all the people you have contacted during your job search.
GOOD LUCK!!!
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